Deputy-Editor at pro-Syrian Government/Army al-Masdar News, Paul Antonopoulos, advocates for the use of chemical weapons in rebel areas based on an unsubstantiated/false claim of Syrian rebels massacring up to 30 civilians – mostly women and children – in the Alawite-populated village of Majdal, northern Hama, Syria.

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham reports (w/ a picture) that a colonel and his men were killed by Syrian Rebels as they entered Souran town by mistake thinking it which was still under their control, northern Hama, Syria.

Russia's force in Syria has suffered losses since late January more than three times higher than the official toll, according to evidence gathered by Reuters, a tally that shows the fight in Syria is tougher and more costly than the Kremlin has disclosed.